Improvement in fly-traps



L M.HARPER,

Improvement in Fly-Traps. N0. 131,098. Patented Sep.3,1872;

WITNESSES INVENTOR.

UNITED STATES PA'I'rnv'r ;Q!TTILQTELv JAMES M. HARPER, OF EL PASO,ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT m FLY-T'RAPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,098, datedSeptember 3, 1879.

To all whom 'it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES M. HARPER, of El Paso, in the county ofWoodford and State of Illinois, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Fly-Traps; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operationof the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing making a part ofthis specification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation of a sectional view of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a detail view of my invention. Fig. 3 is a detailview of my invention, showing bottom of trap.

This invention has relationto the manufacture of fly-traps; and consistsof the novel construction of the concave base-block with its conicalshoulders, and the wire cylinder and base-cone adapted to fit saidblock, as

' hereinafter described, whereby' such traps may be made with greatrapidity and at comparatively small prices.

The letter A of the drawing represents a cylinder formed of ordinarywire cloth, and is constructed by taking a piece of such cloth of theproper length and of rectangular form and placing the two sides togetherso that they shall be slightly overlapped. B represents a hollow coneformed by cutting a piece of wire cloth in the shape of aha 1f circle,as shown by Fig. 2, and, after lapping the sides slightly, so

as toleave an opening in the top, unite the bottom with the bottom ofthe cylinder A by sewing them together with a wire 'or thread. I

0 represents a ring encircling the bottom of cylinder A, and D is a ringand removable cap united, to serve both as acover and support for thecylinder. The letter H represents the bottom of the trap, formed of asingle piece, the bottomof which is flat and the top hollowed out toform a receptacle for the bait. It is also provided with shoulders n andarms 2, as shown, to hold the bottom of the cylinder, leaving room forthe passage of flies upward, as represented. The base of the wire coneis adapted to fit closely the conical shoulders n of the block, therebyserving to support the cylinder in place and prevent displacement oraccidental overturning. v

I am aware that traps having a cylindrical body and interior cone ofwire cloth are not new, and hence I do not lay claim to the inventionthereof 3 but What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-- The fly-trap herein described, having cylin der A,c0ne B, ring (J, cap D, and concave base-block H having conicalshoulders n and horizontal arms 2, constructed and arranged asspecified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES M. HARPER.

Witnesses:

O. E. BARNEY, J. J. OAssELL.

